Präsidentenwahl in Brasilien: „Anführer“ statt „Präsident“: Bolsonaro korrigiert sich

After a bold statement, Brazil's election loser Flávio Bolsonaro withdrew his comments. After initially proclaiming himself the "true" and "elected President" of the South American country, he replaced the phrases in a revised version of his message on the X platform twice with the word "Leader". The initial formulations might have led to problems with Brazil's justice system, which had already convicted his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), on a long prison term for an attempted coup.

However, Flávio Bolsonaro also insisted in the new version that Sunday's victory of incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil had been an "abominable electoral fraud". Despite a ban from the justice system in the context of corruption investigations, Bolsonaro secretly fled to Miami after the election. Previously, he had not complied with an order from Brazil's Supreme Court to hand over his passports within 24 hours.

Bolsonaro denies misconduct and speaks of political persecution. The defeated legal politician also announced in his X message that he would lead the opposition and the alleged fight for democracy from abroad. "I am not the first to have to fight for my country far from my homeland," Bolsonaro wrote, citing Charles de Gaulle as an example, who led the Free France movement from London during World War II.